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clemens says the trainer lied to save himself from prosecution. former teammates and major loggers are expected to testify, including andy pet it who told him that he took human growth hormones, but clemens claims that he misunderstood. a former major league outfielder is expected to testify whether clemens attended a party at his home where steroids were used he famously wrote the book juice claiming he used steroids and most other players did too. the trial is expected to take 4 to 6 weeks if convicted on charges, clemens could face up to 30 years in prison, and a $1.5 million fine since he has no prior criminal record it is unlikely he would get any where close to that. that is the latest at the federal courthouse back to you. >> after 8:30 a.m., the former federal prosecutor will join us in studio what we should expect in this case. >> locally, embattled prince georges council woman leslie johnson is resigning end of the month this comes five days after she pleaded guilty in the corruption probe of her husband. her colleagues on the council ha
clemens says the trainer lied to save himself from prosecution. former teammates and major loggers are expected to testify, including andy pet it who told him that he took human growth hormones, but clemens claims that he misunderstood. a former major league outfielder is expected to testify whether clemens attended a party at his home where steroids were used he famously wrote the book juice claiming he used steroids and most other players did too. the trial is expected to take 4 to 6 weeks if...
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he claims hen injected clemens. >>> d.c. city council making moves to crack down on hate crimes. >>> another story that has people talking. prince george's county councilmember leslie johnson is out, announcing she will resign her seat but there is a catch. fox 5 morning news will be right back. >>> mexico may be chose to calling off the search for seven missing americans. one is known to be dead. the search continues but mexican rescue team are considering calling it off and switching to a recovery operation. twenty-seven tourists and 16 crew members were thrown into the gulf when a quick storm hit their boat 06 miles out to sea. >>> the wife of jack johnson submits her resignation to the county council. the announcement comes days after leslie johnson pleaded guilty to destroying evidence in a federal cropping probe. her resignation will be effective july 31st. several of her council colleagues are calling for her to step down immediately. leslie johnson will be sentenced in october. >>> d.c. council c
he claims hen injected clemens. >>> d.c. city council making moves to crack down on hate crimes. >>> another story that has people talking. prince george's county councilmember leslie johnson is out, announcing she will resign her seat but there is a catch. fox 5 morning news will be right back. >>> mexico may be chose to calling off the search for seven missing americans. one is known to be dead. the search continues but mexican rescue team are...
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., the roger clemens perjury trial gets under way. the former baseball great accused lying to congress by telling a house committee he never used steroids or hgh during his career. sherry ly live with a preview. >> reporter: good morning. the jury selection is expected to start at 9:30 this morning. they've got 125 prospective jurors, 50 of them will show up today. now, that jury will not be deciding whether roger clemens is guilty of using sister wizards but rather where he lied about it. he testified under oath that he did not use performance enhancing drugs on his way to becoming a seven time cy young winner. clemens' former trainer says he enjicted the yankee pitcher with steroids and saved the needs as proof. former teammates and other former major leaguers are expected to testify including andy pettitte who says that clemens told him he took human growth hormone back in a conversation in 1999 or 2000. clemens claims that pettitte misunderstood that conversation. jose canseco, a former outfielder for the major leagues, is all exp
., the roger clemens perjury trial gets under way. the former baseball great accused lying to congress by telling a house committee he never used steroids or hgh during his career. sherry ly live with a preview. >> reporter: good morning. the jury selection is expected to start at 9:30 this morning. they've got 125 prospective jurors, 50 of them will show up today. now, that jury will not be deciding whether roger clemens is guilty of using sister wizards but rather where he lied about...
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. >>> potential jurors from the roger clemens perjury trial facing intense questions today. for a second day the judge and lawyers for both side turned away nearly half of the jury poll, many dismissed after criticizing congress. clemens faces six felony counts charged with lying to congress when he testified he never used steroids or human growth hormone. jury selection resumes on monday. >>> president barack obama calling today's dent meeting with congressional leaders constructive -- debt meeting with congressional leaders constructive. democrats are willing to make cuts to programs like social security, at least some democrats, and republicans say they will consider new ways for the government to raise revenue. both sides will continue the talks on sunday. congress must reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling by august 2nd to avoid the nation going into default. >>> the prince george's county teachers have $4 million coming to them. melanie alnwick is everywhere at 11:00. >> prince george's county schools paying quite a price for labor violations. the 4 million bucks wi
. >>> potential jurors from the roger clemens perjury trial facing intense questions today. for a second day the judge and lawyers for both side turned away nearly half of the jury poll, many dismissed after criticizing congress. clemens faces six felony counts charged with lying to congress when he testified he never used steroids or human growth hormone. jury selection resumes on monday. >>> president barack obama calling today's dent meeting with congressional leaders...
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roger clemens arrived at the u.s. courthouse for what is the major showdown for the pitching great and the former trainer. >> how are you feel something. >> reporter: clemons who pitched for the boston red sox, the toronto blue jays, the yankos and houston astros over 23 seasons vociferously denied a 2007 report by former senator george mitchell, one of 86 players who used performance- enhancing drugs. when congress announced its own investigation, clemons volunteered to appear and chording to the indictment n a deposition in 2008, clemons said i or growth hormone. i am just making it as possibly clear as i can and i haven't done steroids or growth hormones. later in testimony before the house government reform committee, he repeated the claim. >> let mebe clear: i have never taken steroids or hgh. >> reporter: for a decade, mcnamy worked out intenseful with clemons and helped shape the rocket into one of the most powerful pitchers. he initially denied giving clemons drugs and admitted initially to federal agents he i
roger clemens arrived at the u.s. courthouse for what is the major showdown for the pitching great and the former trainer. >> how are you feel something. >> reporter: clemons who pitched for the boston red sox, the toronto blue jays, the yankos and houston astros over 23 seasons vociferously denied a 2007 report by former senator george mitchell, one of 86 players who used performance- enhancing drugs. when congress announced its own investigation, clemons volunteered to appear and...
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. >>> roger clemens' pre-jury trial begins today. the federal judge says he probably won't allow his former teammates to testify about their steroid use. that could damage the prosecution's case. he is accused of lying when he said he never juiced. >>> president obama is for the first time taking over the negotiations over raising the current are you's credit limit and he is inviting leaders from both parties to the white house tomorrow. they don't have much time. there is less than a month to go before the treasury department says we could face a possible default. the administration says that, if the government's $14.3 trillion borrowing limit is not increased by august 2nd, the u.s. could face its first default ever, potentially throwing financial markets into turmoil. >>> a wild scene on one virginia highway. this video you are about to see sent into the news rome from one fox 5 viewer. more on the truck fire and where it happened coming up next on fox 5. >>> than a brit under tabloid is accused of hacking into the phone of a teen
. >>> roger clemens' pre-jury trial begins today. the federal judge says he probably won't allow his former teammates to testify about their steroid use. that could damage the prosecution's case. he is accused of lying when he said he never juiced. >>> president obama is for the first time taking over the negotiations over raising the current are you's credit limit and he is inviting leaders from both parties to the white house tomorrow. they don't have much time. there is...
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. >> let's talk about roger clemens. he will be in court today. whether or not he is convicted is almost irrelevant. what does this do to the rocket's career and legacy. >> i think he is forever tainted. he is out there in court. that is going to be his biggest legacy. he is tainted by steroids, the perjury cases. i think the public image of him has done a complete 180 since he stopped playing baseball. >> it is tough because he was in an era where everybody was doing it and he obviously dabbled too. at least that is my opinion. but he was in that position where, if he acknowledged it, it would ruin hall of fame chances but if he lied t b. it, it puts him in this perjury jeopardy. so he is really in a tough spot. there is a small part of me that actually feels sorry for him because other guys have admitted it and they're fine. >> i'm still not taking down my autographs jersey i have some my basement. it is staying up there forever. it's too nice. >> kind of like me and my tiger woods picture. >> got to keep it there. >> you mentioned his hall of f
. >> let's talk about roger clemens. he will be in court today. whether or not he is convicted is almost irrelevant. what does this do to the rocket's career and legacy. >> i think he is forever tainted. he is out there in court. that is going to be his biggest legacy. he is tainted by steroids, the perjury cases. i think the public image of him has done a complete 180 since he stopped playing baseball. >> it is tough because he was in an era where everybody was doing it and...